Category: Sexual Health

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PrEP slutshaming is still alive and well – and it’s harming us all

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In an excerpt from her forthcoming book ‘Sluts’, Beth Ashley explores how the invention of PrEP birthed a new form of slutshaming in the queer community. WORDS BY BETH ASHLEY HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN PrEP is one of the best inventions to ever grace this earth. In fact, it’s so brilliant that I can’t believe we don’t have weekly parades celebrating its arrival. Yet somehow slut-shaming manages to sneak its way into discussions about it. A revolution in the HIV and AIDS crisis, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was approved for use…

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Dean Street Express: How the clinic redefined LGBTQ+ sexual health in just 10 years

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As the Dean Street Express LGBTQIA+ sexual health clinic celebrates its 10th anniversary, GAY TIMES revisits some of its biggest successes. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK PHOTOGRAPHY BY YOSEF PHELAN “The service isn’t just an NHS clinic, it’s like a community centre in the heart of Soho that serves and represents the needs of the community,” says Jon Clark, Clinic Manager of Dean Street Express, the LGBTQIA+ sexual health clinic he has worked at for the last decade. When it first opened its doors in February 2014, it did so to a…

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Getting tested for HIV? 5 FAQs answered by an expert

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Getting tested for HIV can feel intimidating, so GAY TIMES worked with National AIDS Trust to answer five FAQs about the process. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK HEADER IMAGE BY ANISA CLEAVER SPECIAL THANKS TO NATIONAL AIDS TRUST As the UK moves towards its goal of ending new cases of HIV by 2030, testing continues to be one of the most important ways of making this ambition a reality. Once someone knows their HIV status, it then becomes possible to adapt to it – regardless of the result. However, rates of people…

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PrEP: What is the HIV prevention drug and how effective is it?

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PrEP has been hailed by sexual health experts as crucial in bringing the HIV epidemic to an end, but studies show that only 20 per cent of the British public even know it exists.  WORDS BY CONOR CLARK HEADER BY ANISA CLEAVER Taking PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of getting HIV, but knowledge about it among the British public remains scarce. In fact, just 20 per cent of people in the UK know it exists, according to research conducted by YouGov on…

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‘I lost my brother to chemsex – I wish I’d known then what I know now’

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One year since losing her brother to chemsex, Chloe Marshall writes about the importance of trying to help those struggling with it. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable and/or upset. WORDS BY CHLOE MARSHALL SPECIAL THANKS TO CONTROLLING CHEMSEX Christmas can be a joyous time of year – spending time with family and friends, enjoying great food and having memorable nights out. As the song goes, it’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? However, for some people – myself included – the…

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“Have you heard of PrEP?” – This is how the public answered

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With just 20 per cent of people in the UK having heard of PrEP, GAY TIMES took to the streets of London to find out what the public knows about the HIV prevention drug. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of HIV, but knowledge of it still remains scarce outside of the LGBTQIA+ community. The drug reduces the risk of getting the virus from sex by 99 per cent when taken correctly, though findings from a YouGov poll last…

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Half of all sexual health appointment requests denied, research finds

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Half (49 per cent) of sexual health appointment requests in England, Scotland and Wales are denied, new research from Terrence Higgins Trust has found. The charity’s ‘mystery shopper’ study used the persona of ‘Gabriela’, a cis-gender woman in her 20s with male and female partners who was displaying no symptoms after recently having sex without a condom, to try and get a sexual health appointment. Face-to-face appointment offers were made by just half (51 per cent) of clinics that were contacted by phone, while waiting times to be seen averaged…

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